The Battle of the Rails

Overview

During the Second World War, many French railway workers participated in the resistance. Daily acts of sabotage, spectacular derailments: the railway network took many actions against Nazi occupation. Stationmanager Camargue and his deputy, Athos, risk their lives in managing the network in their sector.

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Top cast

Charles Boyer

Narrator (voice)

Jean Clarieux

Lampin

Jean Daurand

Cheminot

François Joux

Cheminot

Tony Laurent

Camargue

Robert Le Ray

Chef de gare

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Léon Pauléon

Chef de gare St-André

Michel Salina

Allemand

Fernand Rauzéna

Cheminot

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Jacques Desagneaux

Athos (as Desagneaux)

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Pierre Latour

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Pierre Lozach